346 The Counterfeit of Inherent Grace. SR CT. VII. Impoffible that even among Heathens any fuchimpiety fhould befound, but a` mong Chrifiiansto have it, whowould not cry out, Be attonifhed OHeavens; and bluthOSun, that in the Churchof God men fhould lie, forfwear, be un- clean, and walk in the hiddenways ofdifhonefty. Thefe go againft natural and fupernatural light, againft the Bible the Book of God, and againff their con- {donee that Vice-Roy God path placed in their hearts: Think thee how fpeechlefs thouwilt prefently beftricken, when God (half inquire about thefe things. *1t44t**Ittlt`IttltAttstA TVOTVT7T4s7PPOTTTIT:4" 7BRMON. LVI. Shewing bowprevalent Natural Confcience bath been in Heathenf, in reference to good Laws, Books,, affeElion.r, Lies; andhov itIhould fir up Chr.i/$ian.r tojealoufie, RO M. 2. lj. which declare the Law written in their hearts, their confciences alfoexcu- fang or accufng one another. E have inlianced in many grounds, whichmay juftly be thought to I blur, if not quite race out, that :Law of Nature to us. The next thing to be undertaken is, to thew wherein mendo demonftratethefe dilates of Confcience, and how far they have been prevalent upon them to that which is good : And thedifcovery of thefe things, is an excellent way to raife blufhing in the faces of many Chriftians, and to provoke them to jea, loufie,whenthey fee that done inflihensor Ethnical Rome, which isfcarce done in7erufalrm; efpecially thofe who are thepeople of God, and pretend to an higher and fupernatural light, muff diligently beware, left they be outflript in thofe moralhoneft things, which the very lightof nature teachethfome men. To the work therefore in hand ; And Wherein the Firff, Thos Law ofGod inwens hearts, it demonf lratedby thefe excellent Trallates Lawof God anddifcourfes, Whichmany by the help of natural lightonly havewritten; where- inmens hearts in although they are as blinde asBatsand Owls, inthe Sun-fhineof the Gofpe!, is demon- in refpeftof any true gracious thing , yet they do wonderfully approve that B`a`d' which is good and righteous in thegeneral, condemning and diffwadingfrom r' By the Books that which is evil. Thus the Moral difcourfesof Seneca, Plutarch, Plato, and that Heathens fumeof the Staicks, fpeakvery high things about that which is unctuous, and have _written. -that which is vicious ; infomuch that many mens Divinity in their Sermons, Of Contemplations and Devotions, have beennothing but thechoice flowersput. ledeut of their garden. This(I odds) is juftly to beblamed, and feverely re- proved
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